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Franck Tchang of Acoustic International debuted his new loudspeaker from Advantages Audio Paris, The Cesar ($14,500/pair; optional super tweeter at $1,000 for magnesium and $7,000 for diamond). I would’ve loved to hear them but The [Read More]

Munich High End 2019b

June 3, 2019

Gobel/Engstrom/Kronos/Wadax The Gobel room was set up beautifully with their own room treatment acoustic panels. The enormous Gobel Devine Noblesse ($195,000), three-way (two 12” long-throw woofers, two 8” bending wave midrange, and one AMT [Read More]

High End 2019: The Key Kim Report

June 3, 2019

Once again, the world’s biggest and most important two-channel, high-end audio show was spectacular and incredibly, it’s still growing. Impressively, this year’s High-End there were 551 exhibitors from 42 countries (+3.8% compared to 2018). In [Read More]

Xavian Perla Esclusiva Loudspeaker

May 7, 2019

The Mighty… Oak!? For four years, the Xavian Perla monitors were made of walnut. They also used to be named the Xavian Perla, instead of the more regal sounding Perla Esclusiva. “We found oak to [Read More]

Origin Live Zephyr Tonearm

April 13, 2019

Just How Good Should It Sound? After my experience of “Spring Cleaning with Origin Live” (see review here) I managed to set up my ‘Reference’ listening room system with 6 different [Read More]

Munich High End 2019

January 1, 2019

Once again, the world’s biggest and most important two-channel, high-end audio show was spectacular and incredibly, it’s still growing. Impressively, this year’s High-End there were 551 exhibitors from 42 countries (+3.8% compared to 2018). In [Read More]